Bottle or container.



No. 891,879. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908. H. D. THATGHER.

BOTTLE OR CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 21, 1907.

UNITED STATES P AEEN T OFFICE.

HER-VEY DEXTER THATCHER, OF POTSDAM, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE OR CONTAINER.

Application filed October 21, 1907.

To all whom it ma conccrn:

Be it known that I, HERvEY DExTER THATCIIER, a citizen of the Ifnited States. residing at Potsdam, in the county of St. Lawrence, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles or Containers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accom panying drawing. and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles or containers and more especially to structures of this character which are constructed in whole or in part of paper or other fibrous material. and designed to be used but a single time. i

The invention set forth herein is an improvement upon the devices shown and described in my prior applications Serial Numbers 363.216, tiled March 21, 1907, and 382,065 iiled July 3, 1907.

The object of my invention is to provide a container formed of paper or other fibrous material which may be manufactured in an expmlitious' and economical manner and which is thoroughly sanitary and free from bacteria and which container is also moisture proof, so that the same may be submerged 1n or surrounded by a refrigerant.

A further object of my invention is to provide a container which may be readily filled and closed for delivery and which shall have a'separate opening for the discharge of its contents, the separate opening being provided with a covering means which must be destroyed in order to get at the contents, thus rendering the container capable of only a single use.

Further objects of my invention will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of my invention: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the outer heavy disk, forming one member of the closing head. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the inner flexible disk, forming the other member of the closing head. Fig. 3 shows a heavy disk superposed upon the flexible disk in position for entrance into the open end of the tubular body to form the closing head.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. I is a section through my improved container'in its completed form.

In the drawings the body 1 of my improved container is shown as of tubular form i l l Patented June 30, 1908.

Serial No. 398,385.

and the same is preferably made of paper pulp board or other similar fibrous material. In the construction of the same, the matcrial is cut into a sheet of proper size to form a tube of the desired dimensions. and such sheet is then folded into tubular form and its meeting edges secured in any suitable manner. The container is then completed by the insertion of the closing head. The lower closing head comprises a heavy disk 2, which is slightly less in diameter than the inner diameter of the tube and a flexible disk 3, which is considerably larger in diameter than the heavy disk 2. The heavy disk is laid upon the flexible disk and as said disk are crowded into the tubular body portion the flexible disk is drawn between the inner surfaces of the tubular body and the outer edge of the heavy disk. The upper closing head comprises a heavy disk 5, which is also of a slightly less diameter than the innersurface of the tubular body and a flexible disk 6, which is of considerably larger diameter than the heavy disk.

The heavy disk is superposed upon the flexible disk as shown in Fig. 3 and said disks are then inserted in the upper open end of the tubular body portion. As said disks are crowded into the tubular body portion, the flexible disk will be drawn between the outer edge of the heavy disk and the inner surface of the tubular body. The heavy disk of both closing heads is preferably coated with glue, paste or cement, so that the same is secured firmly t0 the lighter flexible disk. I As shown in Fig. 1, the heavy disk 5, is provided with a central opening or aperture 7, and at one side thereof, is a second opening or aperture 8, which is preferably substantially semicircular in outline. On the opposite side of the opening 7 is a smallpreferably round opening 9. The central opening 7 is cut through the flexible disk and said opening is closed by a suitable cover 10, which as shown in Fig. 4, is provided with a flange 11 resting upon the outer disk and preventing the cover from being pushed into the receptacle. Said cover is preferably provided with a staple which is driven into the same, but does not extend in through the inner surface. Said staple forms a suitable means for withdrawing the cover 10 by the aid of a hook or other instrument which may be slipped into the staple for lifting the cover.

After the container has been formed in the .the central openin I i l I The operation of my device will be apparent from the above description. desired to use the container, the cover 10 is withdrawn and the container filled through the central opening after which the cover is inserted, which closes the container and prevents the contents from being exposed to the air. A closing cap 13 may then be placed over the end of the container if desired, and the container is delivered in this condition.

hen it is desired to use the contents of the container, the inner flexible disk cover- I in the opening S is broken or cut by a suitable implement. Said inner flexible disk being coated with paraffin, may be easily cut and the portion thereof which covers the openin 8, removed. This opening 8 is made in the form of a semicircle so as to readily receive a spoon or other similar shaped implement if desired. The contents of the container may be delivered through the opening 8. If it is desired to have the milk or other material contained in the container flow freely and without regurgitation, the inner disk covering the opening 9, is punctured to admit the air.

It will be readily seen that by my form of construction, wherein the inner disk is destroyed in order to properly deliver the contents of the container, said container is thereby mutilated and cannot be refilled and sold as ori inally.

Where the central opening in the container is used for both filling the container and delivering the contents thereof, considerable inconvenience follows for the reason that the material cannot be readily delivered through On the other hand, where an opening 1s formed in the closing head at one side of the center and used for filling and delivering, great inconvenience arises from the filling, for the reason that great care must be exercised in order to properly position the container in the filling machine. By my device however, where the filling is accomplished through the central opemng and the delivering through an opening at one side, all the above objections are overcome, and I have thus provided a container which may be very readily and easily filled and which is also very convenient when bein emptied. Furthermore, as above noted by the present construction wherein it is necessary to destroy a portion of the closing Then 1t is head in order to properly deliver the contents of the container, I have provided a container which may be used only a single time.

Havingthus particularly described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A container comprising a tubular body formed of fibrous material, closing heads littin inside of the outer ends of said tubular bOt y, one of said closing heads having an opening centrally thereof, a cover or stopper fitting said opening, said closing head having a delivery opening therein at one side of the central filling opening and a vent opening on the opposite side of said central opening, and

means for closing said delivery and vent openings, said container being coated interiorly with a moisture-proof substance.

2. A container comprisnn a tubular body formed of fibrous materia closing heads therefor, which include an outer disk and an inner flexible disk, said outer disk having an o ening therein extending through said flexib e disk, a cover for said opening, said outer disk having a delivering opening therein at one side of said filling opening which delivery opening is normally closed by the inner flexible disk.

3. A container comprisin a tubular body formed of fibrous materia, closing heads located in each end of said tubular body, one of said closin heads comprising an outer heavy disk and an inner flexible disk extending beyond the edge of the outer disk, said heavy disk having an opening centrally thereof, which passes through said flexible disk, said heavy disk having a delivering opening at one side of said central opening and a vent opening at theopposite side of said central opening, said delivering and vent openings being normally closed by the inner flexible disk, and a cover for said central opening.

4. A container comprisin a tubular body formed of fibrous materia closing heads located in each end of said tubular body. one of said closim heads comprising an outer heavy disk and an inner flexible disk extending beyond the edge of the outer disk, said heavy disk having an opening centrally thereof which passes through said flexible disk, and said heavy disk having a delivery opening at one side of said central opening and a vent opening at the o posite side of said central opening, said de ivering and vent 0 mm ings being normally closed by the inner fiexi ble disk and a cover for said central 0 ening, said container being coated interior y with a moisture proof substance.

5. A container comprisin a tubular body formed of fibrous materia closing heads located in each end of said tubular body, one of said closin heads comprising an outer heavy disk and an inner flexible disk extending beyond-the edge of the outer disk, said heavy disk having an opening centrally a moisture proof substance, and a cap for 10 thereof, which passes throu 'h said flexible closing the outer end of said container. disk and said heavy disk, a delivering open- In testimony whereof I affix my signature, ing at one side of said central opeiingf, {mg in presence of two witnesses.

a vent o enin at t e 0 osite si e o sai central 5 eniii g, said die ivering and vent HERlEY DEXTER WATCHER openings eing normally, closed by the inner flexible disk, a cover for said central 0 enin said container being coated interior y Wlfil l Witnesses:

FREDERICK P. BARNHART, ADDA C. BARNHART. 

